Corporal Eagen Stars In Stamford Stage Show
The City Auditorium hosted Corporal Eagen a World War era comedy with a 100 member cast and 50 child prelude performers sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club directed by Miss Juanita Wright Judd Carlysle played Corporal Eagen and the cast included Furneaux Edna Haynie Jacinette Jones George Inglish and more The show featured specialty acts a sailors chorus Lindy Lane and the Washboard Mamas and ended as a well received community performance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporal Eagen
City Auditorium
Corporal Fagen
Business and
Juanita Wright
Universal Producing Company
Stamford
Judd Carlysle
Corpal Eagen
Eagen
Furneaux
Izzy Goldstein
F. M. Locke
Reveille
Red Eagen
Goldstein
K. P
Red
Edna Haynie
Sally
Jacinette Jones
George Inglish
Y.M.C. A
Dayle Middleton
Show Boat
Lindy Lane
Minstrel
Business and Professional Women's Club
Rose
No Man's Land
Honor Students of Stamford High Named in Commencement
Stamford High School awarded its 68 graduates diplomas at First Baptist Church. Valedictorian was William Whittington with a high senior average, and Vera Steely earned salutatorian honors. Other top graduates included Bob Gardner as best all around senior and Alice Terry the youngest graduate at 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whittington
Stamford High School
First Baptist Church
Vera Steely
Mee Wls Whittington
Campbell Street
Mra. J. Bo Dodson
Stamford
Young Whittington
University of Texas
J. H. Steely
East Oliver Street
Stamford Public
Miss Steely
Campfire Girls
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Bob Gardner
Ana
Alice Terry
Pauline Buie
Inez Meeker
Marie Freer
Norma York
Frick Stewart
Mary Vernon
Avoca Social Notes Include Illness and Visits
Avoca residents report Avoca L. L. Byers fallen ill again while Frances Humphrey returns from Roby to spend the summer with her mother. Several families from Stamford Lub bock Hereford Abilene Weatherford and Springtown visit and travel, with updates on illness and schooling for Golda Tunnell and local teaching assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Byers
Frances Humphrey
Roby
Eck Gillespie
Gillespie
Stamford
Truscott
Boyd Gillespie
Magee
Lubbock
Buster Harrell
Smithville
Avoca
Jaskell
T. J. Hammer
Rozella Veasey
Hereford
Veasey
Earl Rennels
Sid Jones
Weatherford
Springtown
Golda Tunnell
Beam Wins Trip And Gets Course In Refrigeration
N. C. Beam, appliance agent for West Texas Utilities in District C, left for Dayton Ohio to attend a Frigidaire refrigeration course. He was among five district winners who earned the trip by meeting sales quotas, joining a party from Ft Worth in two Pullmans. The group will train in Indianapolis for Decoration Day races before Beam returns to Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Beam
West Texas Utilities Company
Dayston
Ohio
Beam
Sqemee
Ft. Worth
Factory School of Instruction
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Stamford
Presbyterian Church Service by Rev G Robinson to Preach
Rev G Robinson of Lubbock will preach at Central Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and evening. He represents the Amarillo and Abilene Presbyteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church Service
G. Robinson
Lubbock
Central Presbyterian Church
Mr. Robinson
Amarillo
Abilene
Boston Family Returns After Visit in San Angelo
Mr. and Mrs. A. Boston of San Angelo came home Sunday after ten days with their son T. J. Boston at 544 East Oliver street. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Davis and family for a several day visit. William Bullen, Cardiff manufacturer, left most of his estate to his sister with only a shilling to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. A. Boston
San Angelo
T. J. Boston
East Oliver Street
B. O. Davis
William Bullen
Cardiff
Banana Opal Possum Found in Banana Shipment at Local Firm
A tiny marsupial, dubbed a banana opossum, was found living in a Witherspoon Company banana vault after entering with a shipment from New Orleans. The creature, about opossum size with a brown coat and a pouch of young, was captured and placed in a cage, baffling workers about how long it had survived among tropical fruit transit from the West Indies or South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Blake
Witherspoon Company
Boyd White
White
Littl
Henry Coger
Coger
New Orleans Froom
West Indies
South America
Witherspoon Co
Rotary Club Posts Full Attendance at May Meeting
The Rotary Club reported 100 percent attendance for the last meeting. President Almus Blackwell announced the figure at the luncheon, noting two absentees had made up their attendance in Hamlin. Dr. Dallas Southard led the Rotary education program, with W. P. McDonald guiding club singing and others contributing remarks. Frank M. Locke of the Exchange Club urged a Rotary committee to assist the Exchangites in planning the Abilene motorcade for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention. A committee to coordinate the effort was named: J. C. Pinson, R. E. Latch, and Cleburne Huston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Almus Blackwell
Hamlin
Dallas Southard
Rotary
W. P. McDonald
Ray Rector
W. C. Moffett
R. EF. Latch
Frank M. Locke
Exchange Club
Exchangites
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Abilene
Blackwell
J. C. Pinson
R. E. Latch
Cleburne Huston
Con
Roy Lateh
WG Swenson Ae Marchal
Stamford
J.C Wateon
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
Wth
Tessas and
Pacific
Stamford Firemen's
Col. BR. L. Penick
Charles KE. Coombes
WTCC
J C. Watson
Stamford Chamber of Commerce and
Board of
Charles FE. Coombea
Friends
Coombes
Nho
Texas
John Selmon
Flat Top Ranch
Jayton Child Billie Vearl Jay Funeral Held
Funeral services for Billie Vearl Jay three son of Mr and Mrs M V Jay of Jayton were held in Jayton on Wednesday afternoon with Rev C C Armstrong pastor of the Jayton Methodist church officiating Billie Vearl died at Stamford Sanitarium Tuesday after being brought here for medical attention The body was prepared for burial by Kinney Brothers and taken to Jayton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayton
Billie Vearl Jay
M. V. Jay
C. C. Armstrong
Jayton Methodist Church
Billie Vearl
Stamford Sanitarium
Kinney Brothers
Loverland
Mrs J K Brady Visits In Waco This Week
Mrs J K Brady is in Waco this week visiting friends and attending local events. Her trip includes social engagements and brief meetings with acquaintances in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Brady
Waco
Stamford Schools elect principals and teachers for 1990-91
The Stamford Public Schools board announced principals for the 1990-91 year: C M Lenter D K Lyon W T Phillips and T R Tinsley. Teachers elected include Katherine Addie Jewell Awe tin Annie Boum Betetle Cade Hernice Caldwell Dolly Source Chambers R L Cook Maurine Couch Margaret Crockett C W Cromwell Stella Deak Mee R A Garin Wynne Greer H K Langford BLOE Lewis G E Myrick F W Pauling Ross Phenix Martha Leu Pratt Rowell Lee Walker Estelle Ward Mattie Celeste Whiner Mayme Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Public Schools
Board of Education
C. M. Lenter
D. K. Lyon
W. T. Phillips
T. R. Tinsley
Katherine Addie
Jewell Awetin
Annie Boum
Betetle Cade Hernice Caldwell
Dolly Source Chambers
R. L. Cook
Mire Ki. K. Cont
Maurine
Largest Tire In The World To Be Exhibited Here
The largest tire in the world is coming to Stamford for exhibition on Monday June 2 at 2 PM. Bible Tire Store manager KR A Bible on East Hamilton Street confirms the event. The giant tire, an amazing curiosity, has traveled thousands of miles across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite
Stamford
Mominv
KR A. Bible
Bible Tire
Hamilton Street
United States
Worlds Largest Tire Unveiled With Massive 3900 Pound Assembly
The giant tire measures twelve feet tall and four feet wide with a tread sidewall and bead weighing 177 pounds. Its frictioned fabric weighs one pound and the tube 125 pounds. The wheel weighs 600 pounds and the yoke 2000 pounds, totaling 3900 pounds. Estimated value is $5000.
Giant Goodyear Tire Becomes World’s Largest Demonstration
A twelve foot by four foot tire weighing about 3000 pounds, built by Goodyear in Akron, is showcased as the world’s largest tire. The giant casing mirrors a standard All-Weather tread tire in exact dimensions and required three months to construct. Inflation takes forty five minutes at three pounds per square inch, attached to a special bus. Goodyear, the world’s largest rubber company, is expanding with large airship projects for the Navy and plans to tour through the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bible
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear
United States Navy
Los Angeles
America
Mexico
Cuba
A H King Visits Stamford in Gubernatorial Candidacy
A H King of Throckmorton was in Stamford Wednesday promoting his run for state commissioner of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. King
Throckmorton
Stamford
Senator C Small of Wellington Visits Stamford for Governor Campaign
State Senator C Small, Wellington, visited Stamford on Wednesday to rally support for his gubernatorial bid. He was joined by Harvey Belcher and William Langley, his campaign manager and publicity director, and he postponed a planned Tuesday talk to June due to scheduling. The veteran politician previously served as city attorney and mayor of Weston, county attorney and county judge of Collingeworth County, and now represents his district in the state senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Small
Wellington
Stamford
Small
Harvey Belcher
William Langley
City
Weton
Collingeworth County
Visit Of F. Rector To Lodge Orphanage Sparks Graduates
Ray Rector grand master of Texas Odd Fellows and head of the LOLOL F visits the Odd Fellows Orphans Home in Chillicothe for a class initiation and to deliver diplomas at graduation. The home lists 26 graduates 20 boys and girls with 27 in class of 1926 most having attended college recently. Rector plans to attend a trustees meeting in Corsicana and will also address graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Rector
Texas
Kid Fellows
Chilleothe
FB. Bodtge
Mr Rector
Jack Lille
Haskell Fim
Rector
Corsicana
Board of Trustees
The
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows Orphans Home
Heir School
Odd Fellows Home
Ths
Exchange Club Showcases Music and Art Evening
The Exchange Club shifted from talks to an hour of music and art at Friday’s meeting. JL M York arranged the program introducing performers Woodrow Hushel on tuba in his first solo, Mary Fleming with a vocal solo Under the Texas Moon, piano Inez Inglish, violin Dorothy Harlan, and a color drawing by Norma York. Visitor N Holland, ex Stamford public schools supervisor and Breckenridge superintendent, attended and spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
JL. M York
Woodrow Hushel
York
Young Bushel
Mary Fleming
Inez Inglish
Dorothy Harlan
Brayon
Norma York
N. &. Holland
Stamford Public Schools
Breckenridge
Medlin Family Mourns Loss of H. T. Weaver in Lubbock
Mrs Jot Medlin and family note the death of H T Weaver father of Mrs Medlin after a three day illness. Funeral held Sunday in Lubbock with interment in Lubbock cemetery. Weaver lived 49 years in Texas and once owned a farm near Avoca in Jones County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Medlin
Lubbock
Medlin
H. T. Weaver
Weaver Medlin
Lena Bert Medlin
Texas Technological College
Weaver
Texas
Bell County
Jones County
Avoca
Stamford Plans West Side Parade To Abilene Trip
Officials announce Stamford party leaves West Side Square at 1 PM with fifty to seventy cars to attend the Chamber of Commerce convention in Abilene to celebrate Stamford Day and parade on arrival. A 100 car motor van is urged by the Rotary Club to show strong local representation. Frank Lewke Byron Lewis and J C Pin assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Abilene
Chamber of Commerce
Kachange Club
Cecil Um Irae Wimm
al Rma
Bramford
My Mellaniel
Frank Lewke
Byron Lewis
Exchange Club
J.C. Pin
Abilene Invites Stamford to West Texas Convention
May 21 1000 Warren Bo Tayman mayor Stamford Tesac issues invitation by Abilene city board to visit during WTEC Convention. Message urges Stamford and its predecessors to join in constructive West Texas program with planned pleasures and shared civic benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
Warren Bo Tayman
Stamford
Tesac
Board of Commissioners
Chastais Gilbbs and Vernon Chastain Wed in Quiet Ceremony
Miss Netty Grubbs and Mr. Vernon Chastain married at the Christian Church Monday morning with Rev. Ernest Harrison officiating. They will reside in Stamford where Mr. Chastain remains with Arledge Independent Ice Co. Mrs. Chastain works in E. V. Hardwick’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chastais Gilbbs
Netty Grubbs
Vernon Chastain
Christian Church
Ernest Harrison
Chastain
Stamford
Arledge Independent Ice Co
E. V. Hardwick
Mrs Reece Ward Visits Swenson Friends and Relatives
Mrs. Reece Ward of Swenson is here visiting friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece Ward
Swenson
Legion Auxiliary Plans Memorial Day Sale and Wreaths
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion plans a Peppy sale on Saturday May 31 to raise funds for Memorial Day work. Proceeds support wreaths and flowers for decorating about 40 graves in Highland and nearby cemeteries. Members will meet June 1 at the American Legion Hall to arrange wreaths for the Highland cemetery observance at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerian Legion
Awsailuar Tate
Agalhiary
Stamford
Somlay
Highland Cemetery
Auxiliary
Legion
Capron
New Hope
Spring Creek
Brickedahe
Rockdale
Roy Duke
C.D
Lueders Woman's Missionary Society Meeting Highlights
Monday gathering at the Methodist church featured scripture by Mera T. BR, reports on Thomas Kagen life, a three act playlet Thankegiving Ann, and a vocal duet with Rev Joe Strauthers on piano. Attendance lists include many locals and visitors. camp plans for Abilene Girls Reserve noted for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Mera T. BR
Watnam
BE. M. Dowthit
Thorton
Thomas Kagen
Nellie Mims
Mere T. Hf
Latimore
Joe Strauthers
Ann
Mee
Elvin Barrow
Silas
Mire Albert Hansen
Vaty Therten
Arvil Ham
Susie Ami Johny
Selma Ewenson
Kathleen Lieb
Misa Dogothy Swenson
Avoca
JM. Tealy
L. Prichard
Mies
Mary Cloyd Harrison
Abilene
Billy Oldham
Adia Louw Dunlap
Mre
Dan
Lap Mere
W.L. Miller
Josephine
Harte
Lekoy Shipp
Edna Hews
H. L
Ranger
T. T Shipp
Ke Shahand
Atilene
Mornev
Hesnhahand
Ll Ueders Baptist Church
Mere Henry Lich
Myrtle Rogers
Rosie Murrie
Alexander Sanitarium
Girla
Lueders Baptist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm. Whittington
Tropics
Stamford Schools
Senator Cling
Smali
Coc
Lolol F
Lodge
Jot. Medlin
West Side Square
Stamford Pan Vt
Legion Auxiliary
Lueders
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